Kaiser mental health workers go on strike in Southern California over staffing, workloads
Read full article: Kaiser mental health workers go on strike in Southern California over staffing, workloadsMore than 2,400 Kaiser Permanente psychologists, therapists, social workers and other mental health workers in Southern California have begun an open-ended strike over increased workloads and staffing shortages.
White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control
Read full article: White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth controlPeople with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, the “morning after” pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House proposed on Monday.
Votes won't be counted for Arkansas medical marijuana ballot measure, court says
Read full article: Votes won't be counted for Arkansas medical marijuana ballot measure, court saysThe Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that votes won't be counted for a measure that would have expanded medical marijuana.
Polio is rising in Pakistan ahead of a new vaccination campaign
Read full article: Polio is rising in Pakistan ahead of a new vaccination campaignPolio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan, where violence targeting health workers and the police protecting them has hampered years of efforts toward making the country polio-free.
CVS workers strike at 7 Southern California stores for better pay and health care
Read full article: CVS workers strike at 7 Southern California stores for better pay and health careWorkers at seven CVS pharmacies in Southern California have gone on strike for better pay and health care and to protest what they say is bad-faith contract bargaining by the company.
Committee reviewing euthanasia in Canada finds some deaths driven by homelessness fears, isolation
Read full article: Committee reviewing euthanasia in Canada finds some deaths driven by homelessness fears, isolationAn expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada’s most populous province has identified several cases where patients asked to be killed in part for social reasons such as isolation and fears of homelessness.
Texas sues doctor and accuses her of violating ban on gender-affirming care
Read full article: Texas sues doctor and accuses her of violating ban on gender-affirming careTexas has sued a Dallas doctor over accusations of providing gender-affirming care for transgender youths, bringing to court one of the first times a state has sought to enforce bans driven by Republicans in recent years.
Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions
Read full article: Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortionsA three-judge panel has ruled that Tennessee cannot discipline doctors who provide emergency abortions to protect the life of the mother while a lawsuit challenging the state’s sweeping abortion ban continues.
After hurricane, with no running water, residents organize to meet a basic need
Read full article: After hurricane, with no running water, residents organize to meet a basic needIt takes water to flush a toilet yet tens of thousands of North Carolinians have been without it since Hurricane Helene ripped through the state three weeks ago.
Africa's mpox deaths surpass 1,000 as health officials urge international support
Read full article: Africa's mpox deaths surpass 1,000 as health officials urge international supportAfrica's top public health agency says the number of mpox-related deaths in the continent has surpassed 1,000 and warned of the continuing threat of cross-border contamination and a lack of rapid test kits.
Adult day centers offer multicultural hubs for older people of color
Read full article: Adult day centers offer multicultural hubs for older people of colorAdult day centers are the most racially diverse long-term care setting in the U.S. They also serve the least amount of people of all long-term care settings, in part because of the cost and limited insurance coverage options.
What to know about shaken baby syndrome as a Texas man could be first in US executed over it
Read full article: What to know about shaken baby syndrome as a Texas man could be first in US executed over itA Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. under a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.
Italy expands its ban on surrogacy to overseas as critics say it targets same-sex couples
Read full article: Italy expands its ban on surrogacy to overseas as critics say it targets same-sex couplesItaly on Wednesday criminalized citizens who go abroad to have children through surrogacy, while opponents slam it as “medieval” and discriminatory to same-sex couples.
Listeria recall grows to 12 million pounds of meat and poultry, some of it sent to US schools
Read full article: Listeria recall grows to 12 million pounds of meat and poultry, some of it sent to US schoolsA nationwide recall of meat and poultry products potentially contaminated with listeria bacteria has expanded to nearly 12 million pounds.
New UK bill aims to legalize assisted dying for people who are terminally ill
Read full article: New UK bill aims to legalize assisted dying for people who are terminally illA new bill aiming to legalize assisted dying in Britain was introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, marking the first time in nearly a decade that lawmakers will debate allowing doctors to help end people’s lives after previous court challenges to change the law failed.
Serena Williams says she had a benign cyst removed from her neck and 'all is OK'
Read full article: Serena Williams says she had a benign cyst removed from her neck and 'all is OK'Serena Williams says she had a benign branchial cyst “the size of a small grapefruit” removed from her neck and “all is OK.”.
USDA launches an internal investigation into the deadly Boar's Head outbreak
Read full article: USDA launches an internal investigation into the deadly Boar's Head outbreakU.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious problems tied to a deadly listeria outbreak at a Boar's Head deli meat plant in Virginia.
Voters with disabilities are feeling ignored by presidential candidates
Read full article: Voters with disabilities are feeling ignored by presidential candidatesA new report from Rutgers University estimates that about 40.2 million eligible voters in the quickly approaching U.S. presidential election are disabled.
Moreno's abortion comment rattles debate in expensive Senate race in Republican-leaning Ohio
Read full article: Moreno's abortion comment rattles debate in expensive Senate race in Republican-leaning OhioOhio's close Senate race took a twist recently when cellphone video surfaced of Republican Bernie Moreno criticizing women whose votes are driven by the abortion issue.
Texas man drops lawsuit against women he accused of helping his wife get abortion pills
Read full article: Texas man drops lawsuit against women he accused of helping his wife get abortion pillsA Texas man who sued his ex-wife’s friends for helping her obtain an abortion informed the court that the two sides reached a settlement, forgoing the need for a trial that would have tested his argument that their actions amounted to assisting in a wrongful death.
Abortion has passed inflation as the top election issue for women under 30, survey finds
Read full article: Abortion has passed inflation as the top election issue for women under 30, survey findsA survey has found that abortion has passed inflation to become the top issue in the presidential election for women younger than 30.
Milton spares Daytona Beach, Florida, factory that's a critical supplier of IV fluids
Read full article: Milton spares Daytona Beach, Florida, factory that's a critical supplier of IV fluidsA Florida factory that makes IV fluids critical to hospitals nationwide will restart after shutting down while Hurricane Milton tore through the state.
Company recalls nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry dishes for listeria contamination
Read full article: Company recalls nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry dishes for listeria contaminationA company is recalling nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry made at an Oklahoma plant because the products may be contaminated with listeria bacteria.
Rwanda's Marburg outbreak is under control, Africa's health chief says
Read full article: Rwanda's Marburg outbreak is under control, Africa's health chief saysThe head of Africa’s top public health agency says that an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg fever in Rwanda is under control and that travel bans to the East African country are unnecessary.
Officials work to protect IV supplies in Florida after disruptions at North Carolina plant
Read full article: Officials work to protect IV supplies in Florida after disruptions at North Carolina plantFederal officials are working to move IV bags out of the path of Hurricane Milton, which is threatening another manufacturer of IV fluids even as hospitals nationwide are still reeling from disruptions caused by flooding at a large factory in North Carolina.
Bakery that makes Sara Lee and Entenmann's pushes back on FDA sesame warning
Read full article: Bakery that makes Sara Lee and Entenmann's pushes back on FDA sesame warningA top U.S. commercial bakery is pushing back on a Food and Drug Administration warning to stop using labels that say its products contain sesame — even when they don't.
Democrats hope the latest court rulings restricting abortion energize voters as election nears
Read full article: Democrats hope the latest court rulings restricting abortion energize voters as election nearsTwo court rulings this week, in Georgia and Texas, have delivered major blows to reproductive rights.
Courts keep weighing in on abortion. Next month's elections could mean even bigger changes
Read full article: Courts keep weighing in on abortion. Next month's elections could mean even bigger changesTwo courts this week have allowed U.S. state abortion restrictions, and bigger changes could result from next month's elections.
Biden sets 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes nationwide
Read full article: Biden sets 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes nationwideA decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for U.S. cities to replace lead pipes and make drinking water safe for all Americans.
Harris proposes expanding Medicare to cover in-home senior care
Read full article: Harris proposes expanding Medicare to cover in-home senior careVice President Kamala Harris is proposing to provide federal funding to cover home care costs for older Americans, aiming to help the “sandwich generation” of adults caring for aging parents while raising their children at the same time.
Fast-rising cholera cases across war-torn Sudan alarm the UN
Read full article: Fast-rising cholera cases across war-torn Sudan alarm the UNSudan's health ministry says cholera cases in the country have increased by almost 40% across 11 of the total 18 states in less than two weeks, alarming the U.N. health officials.
Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 scientists for their discovery of microRNA
Read full article: Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 scientists for their discovery of microRNATwo scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it.
Hospitals mostly rebound after Helene knocked out power and flooded areas
Read full article: Hospitals mostly rebound after Helene knocked out power and flooded areasHospitals and health care organizations in the Southeast largely stayed open and functioning during Hurricane Helene to provide essential care for their communities.
Rwanda will deploy Marburg vaccine under trial as death toll rises to 12
Read full article: Rwanda will deploy Marburg vaccine under trial as death toll rises to 12Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever as the East African country tries to stop the spread of an outbreak that has killed 12 people.
Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations in a drive to slow outbreaks
Read full article: Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations in a drive to slow outbreaksCongolese authorities have started vaccinations against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several other African countries and beyond was declared a global emergency.
North Carolina is distributing Benadryl and EpiPens as yellow jackets swarm from Helene flooding
Read full article: North Carolina is distributing Benadryl and EpiPens as yellow jackets swarm from Helene floodingNorth Carolina health workers are distributing Benadryl and epinephrine injections to communities after hurricane flooding has caused bees and yellow jackets to swarm from their underground nests.
Two California dairy workers were infected with bird flu, latest human cases in US
Read full article: Two California dairy workers were infected with bird flu, latest human cases in USTwo dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected in the U.S. this year.
Remember the shortage of medical gowns during COVID? Feds spending $350 million for stockpile
Read full article: Remember the shortage of medical gowns during COVID? Feds spending $350 million for stockpileSix U.S. companies will spend at least $350 million to manufacture medical gowns to store in the Strategic National Stockpile.
Takeaways from AP's report on declining condom use among younger generations
Read full article: Takeaways from AP's report on declining condom use among younger generationsCondom usage is down among teens and young adults in the U.S. Medical advancements, a fading fear of contracting HIV and widely varying degrees of sex education in high schools all contribute to the trend.
Anti-abortion leaders undeterred as Trump for the first time says he'd veto a federal abortion ban
Read full article: Anti-abortion leaders undeterred as Trump for the first time says he'd veto a federal abortion banAnti-abortion leaders say they're undeterred by Donald Trump's comments that he would veto a federal abortion ban.
Lebanon’s rescuers struggle to respond to Israeli offensive while under fire and using old equipment
Read full article: Lebanon’s rescuers struggle to respond to Israeli offensive while under fire and using old equipmentThe civil defense forces of one of the world’s most war-torn nations are shocked at the destruction underway in Lebanon.